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<strong></strong> – Amid criticism and bitter comments, Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher tried to explain his policy surrounding the controversial check points, to a skeptical crowd and where activists described his policies as anti-immigrant.</p>

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&nbsp;<em>Who are these people screaming and shouting at the town hall meetings?</em></p>

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<p>&nbsp;First came the long lines to get into Tijuana. Then Mexican customs or “aduanas” fired thousands of agents across Mexico to be replaced with wide-eyed 18 year olds with little work experience, and now, the plan to start inspecting all vehicles going south has come to a halt and could start working in late September with some modifications.</p>
<p>&nbsp;What the hell is happening?</p>

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<p>&nbsp;Primero vinieron las largas filas para entrar a Tijuana. Luego fueron despedidos súbitamente más de mil agentes de aduanas en todo México y reemplazados con jóvenes de 18 a 30 años con poca experiencia laboral y ahora se retrasa el plan de implementación del sistema de aforo vehicular (SIAVE), hasta finales de septiembre y con posibles modificaciones.</p>
<p>&nbsp;¿Qué está pasando con las aduanas Mexicanas?</p>

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<p>&nbsp;What happened to the vision? A grand public gateway consisting of a continuous 10-acre park and gathering place at the foot of Broadway was promised to San Diegans in the Port of San Diego’s Master Plan (PMP). Now we have the old “bait and switch.”</p>

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<p>&nbsp;Readers of this column may do a double take to see CALPIRG and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association advocating an identical position. But when it comes to government transparency, we are surely reading off the same sheet of music.</p>
<p>&nbsp;There is little debate that confidence in California government is at a historic low. But even though a budget resolution has been reached, a big challenge for Sacramento in the months ahead will be to restore the trust that has been squandered.</p>

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